Medicinal chemistry – Page 39
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Business
Drug formula change infuriates French thyroid patients
Poor communication of changes to Merck KGaA’s levothyroxine has led to complaints of side effects
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Research
Quick test on pinprick of blood could help stop Ebola in its tracks
Portable Raspberry Pi-based device accurately detects viruses in micro droplet of whole blood
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Business
US to invest $160m in cancer partnership
Funds will be backed up with $55m from 11 companies to advance new cancer treatments that harness the immune system
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Podcast
Cinnarizine (stugeron)
Neil Withers relives a choppy (and messy) sea voyage to bring us the science of anti-seasickness drug cinnarizine
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Business
Call for overhaul of EU rules on GMO clinical trial
Rules designed around genetically modified plants crops are holding back new cell and gene-based medicines
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Webinar
Future chemistry: exploring the possibility space
Find out how to accelerate discovery by understanding vast and complex chemistry problems with visual and predictive data modelling
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Careers
Video games are enabling discovery
Gamification is harnessing an untapped army of citizen scientists
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News
Explainer: What is cryo-electron microscopy
The science behind the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
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Feature
The long road to an HIV vaccine
A vaccine may not be available anytime soon, but its proponents are hard at work
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Research
Super-electrophilic ions enable selective modification of bioactive molecules
New technique will help medicinal chemists explore chemical space
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Opinion
An opportunity ignored
Dismissing ideas that were ‘not invented here’ is like walking past a $100 bill
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Business
Takeda tightens focus on core areas with multiple deals
Japanese firm is remodelling its R&D efforts through collaboration and licensing deals, and selling off non-core businesses
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Article
Pharma supply chains pick up pace
Contract suppliers are increasingly important in reducing time to market
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Article
In-house training speeds up metabolism
Business plugs DMPK skills gap to improve drug discovery
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Feature
The rising tide of 'legal highs'
Andy Extance investigates the chemistry that has helped recreational drugs evade the law, and its consequences
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Research
Gut bugs hijacking our signalling could treat disease
Gastrointestinal microflora found to produce a profusion of molecules that can affect human health
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Feature
Arsenic and rice - a growing problem?
Hayley Bennett highlights rice’s natural affinity for arsenic and what researchers are doing about it
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Opinion
Solving the technetium medical isotope shortage
The UK has a solution to the potential shortage of technetium-99m – but that’s no reason to be complacent about leaving Euratom
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Research
Fluorescent test strip detects deadly phosgene gas
Portable test checks for industrial gas leaks and chemical attacks
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Opinion
Make room for randomness in drug development
Setting free the dark horses sometimes beats the most rational planning